Codebook for Study 2 Replication:

rid: unique respondent identifier provided by Luc.id, character variable

ResponseId: unique respondent identifier provided by Qualtrics, character variable

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Experimental variables:

Manipulated variables:

communication: 'denial' or 'confession', character variable

scandal_sex: scandal seriousness condition, binary numeric variables, 1 or 4

RECODED as factor variable with 2 levels: 
1 --> affair
4 --> assault

Experimental outcomes:


STAGE 1: AFTER ALLEGATION

serious1_1: perceived seriousness of the allegation, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

likely1_1: respondents' self-reported belief in the accusation, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

- RECODED as 'likely_pre'

resign1_4: respondents' support for the politician to resign, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

- RECODED as 'resign_pre'


STAGE 2: AFTER COMMUNICATION

serious2_1: perceived seriousness of the allegation, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

likely2_1: respondents' self-reported belief in the accusation, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

- RECODED as 'likely_post'

resign2_4: respondents' support for the politician to resign, numeric variable 0-100 (100 max)

- RECODED as 'resign_post'


RESPONDENT-LEVEL BASELINES MEASURES:

resign_base : assigned from numeric variable of 'resign_pre' (stage 1 resignation support)

likely_base : assigned from numeric variable of 'likely_pre' (stage 1 beliefs)


NEW VARIABLES AFTER STACKING DATA BY RESPONDENTS (2 measures: stage 1, stage 2):

treatment: factor with 3 levels indicating treatment group

- control: if measurement stage is stage 1 (allegation)

- denial: if measurement stage is stage 2 (communication) and communication is denial 

- apology: if measurement stage is stage 2 (communication) and communication is confession

resign: unite 'resign_pre' and 'resign_post' variable post-stacking and indexing for measurement stage

likely: unite 'likely_pre' and 'likely_post' variable post-stacking and indexing for measurement stage

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Demographic variables provided by Luc.id panel:

age: age of the respondent, numeric variable

gender: self-reported gender of the respondent, numeric variable, 1: Male, 2: Female

hhi: self-reported level of household income, numeric variable ranging from 1-24.
1: less than 14,999 $
2-18: increase by 5,000 $ in intervals (e.g. 2: 15,000 - 19,999 $)
19-22: increase by 25,000 $ intervals (e.g., 19: 100,000 - 124,999 $)
23: 200,000 - 249,999 $
24: above 250,000 $
-3105: Prefer not to answer

education: self-reported level of highest education, numeric variable ranging from 1-8

1: Less than HS
2: HS
3: Vocational, post HS
4: Some college, but nit finished
5: Associate's degree
6: Bachelor's degree
7: Master's degree
8: Doctorate degree
-3105: Prefere not to answer

ethnicity: self-reported ethnicity of the respondent, numeric variable ranging from 1-16

1: White
2: Black, or African American
3: American Indian or Alaskan Native
4: Asian Indian
5: Chinese
6: Filipino
7: Japanese
8: Korean
9: Vietnamese
10:Asian Other
11: Native Hawaiian
12: Guamanaian
13: Samoan
14: Other Pacific Islander
15: Some other ethnicity
16: Prefer not to answer

hispanic: if respondent is hispanic, numeric variable ranging from 1-15

1: No, not hispanic
2: Mexican
3: Cuban
4: Argentina
5: Colombia
6: Ecuador
7: El Salvador
8: Guatemala
9: Nicaragua
10: Panama
11: Peru
12: Spain
13: Venezuela
14: Other country
15: Prefer not to answer

respondent_party: respondents' self-reported partisanship (forced)

Democrat/Republican